A feature or documentary radio drama of a specific radio format, using and documenting sound as a universal material, intended to 'tell the story'. I Orient Myself by Sound was made for public broadcasting on Croatian Radio, the Third Programme. Structurally, the piece is characterized by its use of real 'sound images' or environments, without additional sound mixing, following one another. The story behind the structure follows the relation between Marija Grbešić, a blind person, and the author Nikica Klobučar, as they walk the streets of Zagreb, visit the Vinko Bek Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and other places. Marija Grbešić began learning the Braille alphabet at the age of 41. Gradual loss of eyesight developed as a consequence of a brain tumor that Marija was diagnosed with when she was a 23-year old medical student in Sarajevo and due to which she has endured severe health problems for over 19 years. Moving between different environments and spaces, this sound piece reflects the relation between the author and a blind person whose problems were to become the material for his story. It follows the tasks Marija had to fulfil at the Vinko Bek Center, her trying to handle the sound recorder, at the same time touching upon the author's personal tragedy.
I orient myself by soundNikica Klobučar (HR)
Feature-documentary radio drama
Nikica Klobučar (HR)
Nikica Klobučar (29 September, 1977, Zagreb). Graduated philosophy and art history at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. He has contributed to Croatian Radio regularly since 2003, producing radio dramas and publishing texts about visual art. In 2007 he received the EBU's (European Broadcasting Union) Ake Blomstrom Award for the feature I'll Have the Blueberry Drink. He has exhibited in Zagreb, Rijeka, Novo Mesto, Momjan and Belgrade. He has been making features since 2004 - a selection: Pilgrimage, Silent Little Echo, Will You Forget Me?, I Orient Myself by Sound, At the End of the Journey, Ivan Kožarić: I am Slow but I am Beyond Reach, I'll Have the Blueberry Drink, When Fathers Were Away on Business, LEON, Not Guilty.